This maple walnut cake is the perfect size for a family snack. The maple snack cake is soft and moist, with a fluffy texture, and when served with ice cream and chocolate or caramel sauce or syrup, it needs no icing. The cake is made from scratch, but it is just as easy as a cake mix.
If you don’t have cake flour, measure 2 cups of all-purpose flour and add 1/4 cup of cornstarch; whisk to blend.
If you love maple syrup flavors, you might also like these pumpkin doughnuts with maple glaze or this easy maple cinnamon French toast.
PrintMaple Walnut Snack Cake
This one-layer maple walnut cake is the ideal solution for a snack attack. Serve it with ice cream and drizzle with maple syrup or warm butterscotch sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 9 servings 1x
- Category: Cakes, Snacks, Maple Syrup
- Method: Bake
Ingredients
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- 3 egg whites
- 6 tablespoons butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (light, packed)
- 3/4 cup maple syrup (dark, robust)
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9-inch square pan. Cut out a piece of parchment paper or wax paper to line the bottom of the pan; grease the paper.
- In a medium bowl with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites to stiff peaks; set aside.
- In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter with the brown sugar; add the syrup.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir with a whisk of spoon to blend thoroughly.
- Add the dry ingredients to creamed mixture, alternating with the milk.
- Fold the beaten egg whites and walnuts into the batter.
- Spread the batter in the prepared pan.
- Bake the cake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.
- Carefully turn the cake out onto a rack and remove the parchment or wax paper.
- When the cake is cool, frost or glaze as desired or cut it into squares and serve with ice cream and maple syrup or dessert sauce.
